This science-fiction novel, the first volume of the Thunderstruck Series, describes the discovery of a prehistoric world that was created by the draining of the Western Interior Cretaceous Seaway. It exists in what could be described as a massive geode that is located beneath the Badlands of South Dakota, the formation of which resulted from the whirlpool that took the inland ocean underground....

Ten years after escaping from Cretacea, Jordan and Jason are forced to return there as the hostages of a militant group of Native Americans. There, they discover that the United States government has turned the subterranean prehistoric world into its own private laboratory. When Jason and one of the Sioux braves become infected with Organism Alpha, the group must reveal its presence in hopes that...

The Paleo-Indians seem to have appeared on the North American continent at a time when its access should have been blocked by the glaciers of the Ice Age. The idea has been offered that they took a coastal approach after crossing over the Bering Land Bridge. This too would have been highly problematic, however, because the Wisconsin ice pack seemingly extended beyond the western coast of Canada....

We have been delighted for decades by stories of superheroes on TV, in films, and in the illustrated publications where most of the aforesaid experienced their origins. But the truth is that the vast majority of these titans are supposed to possess superpowers that are improbable in the extreme. In fact, many of their Herculean capacities defy any attempt at coherent explanation and fly fully in...